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Friday, 11 November
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Plenary
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Suresh Chandra, India, called for additional financial and budgetary
support for regional initiatives.
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Paula Warren, New Zealand, advocated continuing support for the
outposted regional support officer in the Oceania region.
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Véronique Herrenschmidt, France, asked about potential financial costs
to the Secretariat in supporting regional initiatives.
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Reuven Ortal, Israel, supported the Central and Western Asia Regional
Center based in Iran, and called for partnership in the whole region.
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Uday Sharma, Nepal, asked the Secretariat to further develop the
Himalayan Initiative for COP10.
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Pedro da Cunha e Menezes, Brazil, noted the draft resolution on
transboundary/transnational sites didn't take into account political
sensitivities and suggested deferring the decision to COP10.
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Michael Bobb, Saint Lucia, urged addressing chemical pollution in Ramsar
sites.
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Eleanore Fox, United States, expressed concern about the costs of
coordination with other international biodiversity-related processes.
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David Coates, CBD Secretariat, welcomed progress made in CBD/Ramsar
collaboration and urged delegates to agree a new joint work programme.
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Indra Semiawan, Indonesia, called for assistance in monitoring long term
impacts of natural disasters on wetlands.
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Enrique Hernandez, Cuba, proposed paragraphs on impacts of extreme
climatic events and mobilizing resources to restore affected wetlands.
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Kathleen Kutschenreuter, United States, on behalf of an informal group
in the Americas region, proposed paragraphs emphasizing pre-disaster
planning.
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Ahmed Fazlur Rashid, Bangladesh, proposed reference to tidal surges,
cyclones and earthquakes.
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Bashir Ahmed Wani, Pakistan, proposed reference to the recent South Asian
earthquake to assess its impacts on biodiversity.
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Bernard Yaw Ofori-Frimpong, Ghana, on behalf of the Africa Region,
urged consultation with national authorities on nomination of experts.
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Contact Group
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The contact group on the Conceptual Framework for the wise use of
wetlands (COP9 DR 1 Annexes A and B), chaired by Gunn Paulsen (Norway)
and Nadra Nathai-Gyann (Trinidad and Tobago), met to discuss points of
contention within the Annexes, including ecosystem services and
Criterion 1 for designating Wetlands of International Importance. There
were also proposals to add more criteria, including one on cultural
values.
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Side Events
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The European Space Agency presented a side event on the use of Earth
Observation satellite technology for managing wetlands.
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Ecuador's environmental ministry presented an event on the high Andean
wetlands regional initiative.
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Water Research Commission - South Africa presented an event on
examples of environmental flows around wetlands and river systems.
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FUNGAP presented a side event on successful experiences of participatory
environmental management in American wetlands.
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RIZA / WetCap presented a side event on wetland management training
needs, including discussion groups on existing capacities.
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Around COP9
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A morning view of Lake Victoria from the Munyonyo shoreline.
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